Talent Acquisition Sr Analyst

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Overview At PepsiCo, our Talent Acquisition team is committed to hiring exceptional talent that fuels business growth and innovation. As a Talent Acquisition Sr Analyst – Professional Hiring, you will serve as a trusted talent advisor to business leaders, driving end-to-end recruitment strategies for corporate and professional functions across Finance, HR, IT, Marketing, R&D, Supply Chain, and other business areas. This role combines strategic consulting, market intelligence, proactive talent sourcing, stakeholder partnership, data-driven decision-making, and operational excellence to deliver an outstanding hiring manager and candidate experience. You will partner closely with Hiring Managers, HR Business Partners, Total Rewards, and cross-functional stakeholders to build diverse, high-quality talent pipelines while ensuring compliance, efficiency, and alignment with PepsiCo's talent strategy. Responsibilities Your Impact As a TA, you will play a critical role in enabling business success by identifying, attracting, and hiring top talent while shaping best-in-class recruitment practices. Strategic Talent Partnership • Serve as a trusted advisor to Hiring Managers and HR Business Partners by translating business priorities into effective recruitment strategies. • Conduct strategic intake and workforce planning discussions to understand business needs, hiring challenges, organizational design, and critical capability requirements. • Provide market intelligence, talent availability insights, salary benchmarking, competitor analysis, and hiring trends to influence recruitment strategies and business decisions. • Challenge hiring assumptions and recommend innovative sourcing and assessment approaches to improve hiring outcomes. • Build strong partnerships with business leaders through proactive communication, transparency, and consultative guidance throughout the hiring lifecycle. End-to-End Talent Acquisition • Lead the complete recruitment lifecycle from requisition creation through offer acceptance and handoff for onboarding. • Develop customized sourcing strategies that leverage LinkedIn Recruiter, talent mapping, employee referrals, professional networks, industry events, niche job boards, and passive candidate engagement. • Build and maintain proactive talent communities for critical and recurring skill sets to reduce time-to-hire and strengthen future hiring readiness. • Conduct structured behavioral interviews using competency-based interviewing methodologies to assess technical capability, leadership behaviors, and culture add. • Facilitate calibration and debrief discussions with interview panels, providing objective assessments and hiring recommendations. • Partner with Hiring Managers, HR, and Total Rewards to develop competitive offers and successfully negotiate with candidates through offer acceptance. Candidate Experience & Employer Branding • Deliver a world-class, inclusive, and high-touch candidate experience across every stage of the recruitment journey. • Act as a brand ambassador for PepsiCo by effectively communicating our Employee Value Proposition (EVP), culture, career opportunities, and purpose. • Create compelling job advertisements and recruitment marketing content that attracts diverse talent. • Maintain consistent engagement with candidates through proactive communication, feedback, and relationship building. Talent Intelligence & Data-Driven Recruitment • Utilize recruitment analytics, talent insights, and external labor market intelligence to continuously optimize sourcing strategies and hiring outcomes. • Monitor and improve key recruiting metrics including Time-to-Find, Time-to-Accept, Offer Acceptance Rate, Candidate Experience, Hiring Manager Satisfaction, and Diversity Hiring. • Identify trends, bottlenecks, and opportunities for continuous process improvement through data analysis and reporting. • Support workforce planning initiatives by providing talent market insights and pipeline health metrics. Operational Excellence & Compliance • Ensure accurate and timely management of requisitions, candidate records, interview documentation, and recruitment activities within the Applicant Tracking System (ATS) and CRM. • Maintain the highest standards of process compliance, data integrity, governance, and documentation throughout the recruitment lifecycle. • Ensure adherence to local employment legislation, global hiring policies, data privacy requirements, and PepsiCo's Diversity, Equity & Inclusion commitments. • Drive consistency, operational excellence, and continuous improvement across recruitment processes and stakeholder interactions. Qualifications • Business Administration, Psychology, or a related discipline. Master's degree or MBA is preferred. • Minimum 9+ years of progressive Talent Acquisition experience, with significant expertise in end-to-end recruitment for corporate/professional hiring within multinational organizations or shared services environments. • Demonstrated experience recruiting across functions such as Finance, Human Resources, Information Technology, Marketing, Supply Chain, Procurement, R&D, Legal, and other corporate functions. • Proven ability to partner with senior business leaders and HR Business Partners, influencing hiring decisions and acting as a trusted talent advisor. • Strong experience managing multiple complex requisitions simultaneously while consistently delivering against hiring priorities and service level expectations. • Expertise in proactive sourcing methodologies, including LinkedIn Recruiter, talent mapping, Boolean search, market research, employee referrals, networking, and passive candidate engagement. • Experience conducting competency-based and behavioral interviews using structured interview frameworks. • Strong negotiation skills with experience managing offer development, compensation discussions, and candidate closing. • Demo